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Age of empire-like RTS: would this style and scale work?

Erik · 2016-12-15T21:29:42

Im doing a RTS influensed by age of empires, stronghold and the battles of) total war. Since i cannot do the graphics and animations for ALL units and buildings I want, I'm going for a abstracted style with static images instead. Also the scale is larger than classic RTS:es like AOE. -Units replesent small groups of 10-20 soldiers and cover one tile. They are static pics seen from the side. They might have actual remaining number instead of healthbar (like regiments in total war) They flash when attacking or is damaged and arrows are drawn in realtime as they fly. -Buildings (keep, quarry, barracks, towers, markets etc) are also a single tile in size and drawn as icons rather than realistically looking little structures. Also seen from the side. -The board looks more "maplike" than realistic. Would this work? Is it wierd and too far from what players expect? Would it feel boring and stale since you expect fully animated units? Early screenshot:

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Started by suliman December 14, 2016 08:02 AM

9 comments, last by Unduli 7 years, 6 months ago

Unduli

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December 15, 2016 09:29 PM

This reminded me more of Civilization series. I am ok with this but not sure if paper cut soldiers of Medieval Total War (1) might also make sense (if I am not mistaken their animations were just 3-4 frames per unit)